Taizhou Mission

The Taizhou Mission was a military mission set up by Austria-Hungary in the city of Taizhou in 1867 under the auspices of the Qing Dynasty of China.

History
Austro-Hungarian king Franz Joseph I of Austria asked permission to set up a military mission in the city of Taizhou, as the Qing Dynasty's strength and culture piqued his interest. Taizhou became the site of an Austro-Hungarian military mission, where Austrian attaches gained information on Chinese culture and their military in exchange for modernizing and Westernizing China. On 24 July 1868, however, the mission was met with violence from xenophobic mobs opposed to the Western reforms that the Qing Dynasty had experienced, and the Chinese had to kill 5% of the population of Taizhou to put down the usual suspects.